Taipei Water Department

1. Leaking! Check your water meter first!

1. Turn off all the faucets.
2. Open the water meter cover, check the red cross indicator. It should stand still when everything is fine. If the indicator is turning, there must be leaking somewhere.
3. Then check the water heater. Shut off the supply tube of the heater. If the indicator in the water meter is turning, then the heating system is leaking.
4. If the indicator is still turning, you have to check all faucets, toilets, and washing machine.
5. When there is leaking somewhere in the building that you can not check by yourself, seek help from a plumber. Remember to turn off the valve in front of the water meter before the plumber comes.

Note :
+ Washers, float balls, and flappers are available at a plumber’s.
+ The supply tubes under sinks and bathtubs are the most likely places of leaking.

2. Calculating water consumption from meter reading

Direct reading type of water meter

You can see 4 circles on the dial of a water meter. On the left-hand slot of the water meter, every circle the indicator runs means one liter of water. On the right-hand side. Every circle the indicator runs is one cubic meter of water. When all the facilities are shut off, but still the red indicator is running, it means that there is leaking somewhere you have to repair. When personnel of Taipei Water Department take down water meter reading, they merely write down the numeral figure on it. If you have any questions, please contact our Meter Reading Section in district business office.

3. What to do if water stops

No Water! What to do?

4. Repairing Faucet

Constructions of mixing faucets for washbasins and sinks are simple. You can stop leakage by replacing the washer in them. Refer to the figures below. It’s easy. Try it yourself!

5. Checking a leaking flush tank

• a winded chain or an eged flapper causes a leakage through flapper.
• close the shut off valve.flush to empty the tank.unchain the flapper and replace it with a new one. clip the new flapper around the oberflow pipe.
• try a couple of times to flush .press the handle several timesl.turn on the supply tube to refill.
• the float ball merges under mater level.the problem is a leaking float ball unscrew the ball ,replace it with a new one.tighter it in a clockwise direction.
• takce out the spindle cober with a plier.
• unscrew the washer with a screw-driver replace it with a new one.
• reinstate the spindle to seat properly
• tighter the spindle cover.
• reinstate all the parts. tighter them till are secure.
• remenber to turn on the stops of the supply tubes.

6. Preventing leakage

Water leaks through overflow pipe when:

1. The float ball is broken or loosens (Replace it or tighten the float ball)
2. The arm loosens or is clogged. (Tighten the arm or pull it up and down)
3. The washer is worn out or aged. (Replace it with a new washer

Checking water stops:

1. Pull the float ball arm up and down to see if leakage stops.
2. Check if the valve in front of the water meter is shut.
3. Unscrew the float ball arm; check the inlet.